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e-CDM - The Next Generation of Clinical Research Information Management Systems

The options for truly global clinical data management have been limited in past years. Clinical data management (CDM) systems have tended to be architected around paper data processing; remote data entry (RDE) systems focused on remotely capturing data; and electronic data capture (EDC) systems tended to focus on the centralised storage of remotely captured data.

Electronic clinical data management (e-CDM) systems are likely to be the next generation of systems built around the centralisation of electronically captured information, combined with the accessibility of this information over the Internet.

An electronic medium acting as the source document is an attractive prospect. As such, there is a clear move away from systems that manage the physical tracking of paper (and the discrepancies associated with the disconnected community), towards that of a fully paperless solution where the management focus is on visibility.

e-CDM System Requirements

As any self-respecting software designer should know, a fundamental aspect of software product development is a clear definition of the user requirements. But who are the users?


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By Douglas Bain, Director of TEAMworks, UK

Douglas Bain is a Director at TEAMworks, with many years of experience in the development and application of clinical R&D systems for CROs and pharmaceutical companies. Prior to joining TEAMworks, he worked at IBM as ClinWare Product Manager, and at DATATRAK as Director of Technology Transfer. TEAMworks is a primary supplier of global online/offline EDC tools, with offices in Germany, the UK, Singapore and the US.

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